Bug#136993: binfmt-support: package javawrapper somewhere

[Niels Thykier]

>> I noticed this very old bug and wondered if it is still relevant.
>> Currently there is a jarwrapper package that uses binfmt-support to
>> allow jar-files to be executed.
>=20
> Almost.  It's probably more use to most people than my javawrapper
> implementation is, I agree.
>=20
> When I wrote javawrapper, it was in the early days of Java and it was
> still common enough to just build a pile of .class files rather than a
> .jar file.  I wrote javawrapper because I was fed up with concocting th=
e
> correct syntax to get the Java interpreter to start with a given .class=

> file.  This still seems as though it could be useful in some situations=
=2E
>=20
> CCing the javatools maintainers; would it be possible to merge some of
> the functionality of
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/code/javawrapper/javawrappe=
r-1.0.tar.gz
> into jarwrapper?
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20

Hi again

Sorry for the late reply.

It is possible add this feature to jarwrapper, but I am not sure that it
make sense these days. Personally I hardly ever run a class directly;
either my IDE start the program for me or I bundle it into a jar first.
  On a related note, the Debian Java Policy requires that all class
files are bundled into jar files, so it will not add any value for Java
packaging.

I do not mind supporting this if our users actually want this feature.

~Niels

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